Despite Indian government's consistent explicit and perspicuous persuasions of Pakistan to shut down terrorist machinery on its soil, directed against India, there is no let up in inapt activities of banned Kashmir-centric militant groups in guise of their religious and charitable fronts and organizations in Pakistan.

One of
such leading fronts is Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation(FIF), Pakistan,
under whose umbrella the internationally banned and noxious Jamaat-
ul-Dawa (JeD), led by Hafiz Saeed, the master mind of Mumbai blasts
and the co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), is operating incessantly
in Pakistan.

In
Focus

FIF is the
brainchild of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, founder of now banned jihadi
group viz. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Amir of its political arm
Jamaat-ul-Dawa, (JuD). While JuD was carved out from LeT in 2002
after it was banned by the USA and Pakistan, Falah-e-Insaniyat
Foundation (FIF), Pakistan, was formed as a relief and charitable
organization when the JuD was banned in Pakistan after its attacks in
Mumbai in November, 2008.

Precisely,
LeT, was formed in 1990 with its headquarters at Muridke, 30 kms from
Lahore with the assistance of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence
(ISI) and donations from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia being the
biggest benefactor, to launch armed struggle in Indian to drive out
Indian forces from Jammu and Kashmir under the leadership of Hafiz
Saeed, a co-founder of the LeT.

It was LeT
that attacked Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001. Since LeT had
taken shape of an international terrorist organization and in
addition to India, also targeting Americans, it was banned by the USA
and the UK in December 2001 and by Pakistan in 2002.

However,
Hafiz Saeed to continue jihadi activities of LeT in India, formed a
cover front in form of a charitable organization viz Jamaat-ud-Dawa
(JuD). JuD was labeled as an Islamic charity organization, active in
Pakistan and POK. However, under the garb of this charity outfit, JuD
continued collecting funds for recruiting jihadis and imparting
training to them in several camps in PoK.

JuD was
supported by ISI and the Punjab (Pakistan) government financially. It
continued militant activities in India, including Jammu and Kashmir
unabated. In November 2008, a group of ten JuD trained militants
attacked Mumbai, resulting in to killings of over 160 civilians. JuD
was banned by the USA and the United Nations in 2008.

JuD's
financial strength is estimated to be about Rs. 400 crore annually,
which primarily included about Rs 200 crore collected through
smuggling of arms and narcotics, and over Rs 50 crore collected
through donations. Significantly, in the year 2013 JuD also received
a grant of Rs 60 crore from Punjab (Pakistan) government for
organization's so-called charitable work, thus putting stamp of
legitimacy on its activities by the Pakistan government. Meanwhile on
June 25, 2014, USA included JuD in its list of designated terror
organizations.

Since LeT
and JuD were under tremendous pressure for their militant activities
after the Mumbai blasts in November 2008, Hafiz Saeed, an ideologue
of jihad who, since 2012 carries a US reward of $10 million, started
indulging in charitable activities more vigorously to cover up JuD's
jihadi undesirable actions.

In this
process, Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF - Human Welfare,
Foundation) was formed in Lahore in 2009 under the patronage of Hafiz
Saeed, after the UN imposed sanctions on JuD in the aftermath of the
2008 Mumbai attacks. Its head office is located at 4 Lake Road,
Chuburgi, Lahore.

The FIF is
also listed as a company in 'Yellow Pages' , in Pakistan with
telephone numbers etc as ,+92-42-37230550, Fax- +92-42-37230548 and
Mobile numbers are +0300-4455591, 0300-9406242 and 0322-6602705.

FIF
claimed itself as a Pakistan's most efficient and diverse relief,
rescue and charity organization, providing aid to thousands in major
natural disasters, calamities that have struck Pakistan and
neighboring countries and consistently promoted, supported, and
instigated communal welfare.

However,
following subsequent bans, LeT and JuD indulged in name-carnage
tactics to carry out their jihadi activities in garb of charitable.
This can be gauged from the fact that FIF's senior functionaries
have had affiliations with Let and Jud in the past at senior levels.

While
Chairman of the FIF, Hafiz Abdul Rauf held senior positions in LeT,
including Spokesperson, Director of the Humanitarian Relief and
Director of the Public Service, some other senior leaders of the FIF
including Mian Abdullah was ex-Director of Finance, LeT, Mohd Naushad
Alam Khan was a key financial facilitator of the Let and Hafiz Khalid
Waheed, son in law of Hafeez Saeed was Public Co-Coordinator of the
JuD.

To cover
up its Jehadi activates, FIF run 160 dispensaries, eight
hospitals,145 ambulances, over 600 blood donation societies and
arranged over 4555 medical camps and 570 eye camps in the year 2013.
FIF also provides emergency aid during natural calamities. In the
year 2010, when Pakistan faced a serious situation due to countrywide
floods, FIF extended its relief work vigorously and earned kudos from
the government and as well as people of Pakistan and gained
legitimacy of its being a prime charitable organization in the
country.

Meanwhile,
Hafeez Saeed under the aegis of FIF continued fanatic
activities of preaching Islam, instigating Pakistanis against India
and USA and motivating youngsters to take arms against the
so-called Indian occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and running
militants camps in POK also.

Recently
Hafiz Saeed's employing FIF once again came into limelight when he
visited interiors of Sindh on April 21 and 22, 2014, facing
international Indo-Pak border opposite Jaislmer sector of the Indian
side. Significantly, the areas visited by Saeed, which included
Islamkot, Mirpur Khas, Khairpur and Mitthi are largely Hindu
inhabited areas and very close to the Indian border as Mitthi in
Pakistan is hardly 40 kilometer from the Indian side.

During his
two day visit, Hafiz Saeed distributed clothes, medicines and
utensils arranged by FIF in these Hindu dominated areas and addressed
villagers also on Islam. Hafiz Saeed's visit under the aegis of FIF
to Sindh near Indian border in Jaislamer alerted the Indian security
agencies as a few days before in January 2014 when one Indian Army
jawan was beheaded and another was killed by commandos of Special
Services Group (SSG), of the Pakistani Army, Hafeez Saeed had visited
POK, which raised fortuity of his facilitating the Pakistan army in
carrying out killings of Indian jawans.

Since FIF
is a known front of banned JuD, which also claimed to be a charitable
front of the LeT, linked with Al- Qaeda, on June 24, USA designated
FIF, Pakistan as a foreign terrorist organization and and put its
leaders including Hafiz Abdur Rauf, Mian Abdullah and Mohd Naushad
Alam Khan in the list of specially designated global terrorists.
However, as expected Hafiz Saeed rejected it and described the
American move as a"worthless
propaganda.

Pakistan
government, however, did not follow USA on imposing any ban on FIF,
Pakistan. Meanwhile, the deadly FIF, the so-called charitable Islamic
organization which is, predominantly being utilized by the banned
Pakistani terrorist fronts, under the leadership of Hafiz Saeed would
continue its ISI supported 'jihadi' activities aiming against
India under the garb of serving Islam and people.

Till Hafiz
Saeed enjoys Pakistan and Punjab (Pakistan) government's sustained
State patronage, ban on FIF by the USA is unlikely to yield any
visible result in anti-Indian and USA activities by Hafiz Saeed,
being carried out by him through FIF, Pakistan under the nose of the
Pakistan government and patronage of ISI.

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